With her leading role in the dark and comic Showtime series Weeds, Mary-Louise Parker established herself as one of “the best and brightest on the small screen,” in the words of The New York Times, a position augmented by her Emmy-nominated turn in HBO’s adaptation of Angels in America. And that’s before you turn to her theater resume crowded with head-turning performances, including a Tony-winning role in Proof. Parker also made her debut as an author in November, 2015 with her book, Dear Mr. You.

Below are Mary-Louise Parker’s favorite books, available to purchase as a set or individually.

Mark Strand

If I were allowed two books, I would pair this one with The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens. I could spend a whole fall and winter just going back and forth between Stevens's "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird," and Strand's "Dark Harbor."

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Grand lists is a curated arts site specializing in books and movies selected by 100 public figures and celebrities, ranging from designers, musicians, artists, actors, performers and directors, to politicians, novelists, scientists and athletes.